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Wednesday, 6 August 2014

No change in UPSC Preliminiary exam dates: Govt.

Facing flak from the Opposition on the UPSC row, the
government on Wednesday decided to convene an all-party meeting on the
issue even as it ruled out postponement of the examinations slated for
next month.

Responding to a discussion in the Rajya
Sabha, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prakash Javadekar,
said the all-party meeting would be convened for wider consultations on
UPSC reforms after the scheduled civil services preliminary examinations
on August 24.

“Over nine lakh students are appearing
[this year]. Our friends and relatives may also be amongst them. Let us
not confuse them,’’ he appealed to members.

He said
the status quo remained on the government’s view for exclusion from
gradation or merit the English comprehension skills component of the
Civil Services Aptitude Test in the preliminary examination and for an
additional attempt in 2015 for those who took CSAT in 2011.